Bloomberg New Energy Finance names top clean energy investors

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2010 League Tables Reveal Largest Investors in Lower‐Carbon Economy

London, March 2—Bloomberg New Energy Finance has announced the winners of its 2010 League Tables, which reveal the leading investors and financial service providers in clean energy and the carbon markets. The awards were presented at a special reception this evening at Bloomberg’s London headquarters.

The 2010 Clean Energy League Tables are based on results from the world’s leading database of financial transactions in clean energy and carbon markets. Full year figures show that new investment worldwide during 2010 totaled $243 billion, a rise of 30% from 2009 and surpassing all previous levels since records began in 2004. The Bloomberg New Energy Finance Energy League Tables have been an essential guide to activity in the sector for six years. They constitute the only quantitative and comprehensive benchmark for identifying the most active and innovative clean energy investors, project financiers, investment banks, funds, carbon off‐takers and law firms.

This year, Bloomberg New Energy Finance is honoring 13 organizations as League Table Award winners, across asset classes ranging from venture capital and private equity, to carbon markets and clean energy funds.

Michael Liebreich, chief executive of Bloomberg New Energy Finance, said: “Total worldwide new investment in clean energy surged last year by over $50bn into new record territory. At $243 billion it was nearly five times higher than when we first handed out the Bloomberg New Energy Finance League Table Awards, six years ago. As the number and scale of deals return to strong growth after a difficult couple of years, we are seeing some of the original winners retaining their position among the top players in the space, but they are being joined each year by strong new mainstream players. This all bodes well for the future capital needs of the sector.”

Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) is the world’s leading independent provider of news, data, research and analysis to decision-makers in renewable energy, energy smart technologies, carbon markets, carbon capture and storage, and nuclear power. Bloomberg New Energy Finance has staff of more than 180, based in London, Washington D.C., New York, Tokyo, Beijing, New Delhi, Singapore, Hong Kong, Sydney, Cape Town, São Paulo and Zurich.

Bloomberg New Energy Finance Insight Services provide deep market analysis to investors in wind, solar, bioenergy, geothermal, carbon capture and storage, energy efficiency, and nuclear power. The group offers Insight Services for each of the major emerging carbon markets: European, Global Kyoto, Australia, and the U.S., where it covers the planned regional markets as well as potential federal initiatives and the voluntary carbon market. Bloomberg New Energy Finance’s Industry Intelligence Service provides access to the world’s most comprehensive database of investors and investments in clean energy and carbon. The News and Briefing Service is the leading global news service focusing on clean energy investment. The group also undertakes applied research on behalf of clients and runs senior-level networking events.

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ABOUT THE BLOOMBERG NEW ENERGY FINANCE LEAGUE TABLE AWARDS

Bloomberg New Energy Finance’s annual League Table Awards honors the leading investors and financial service providers in clean energy and the carbon markets. The report provides a transparent and comprehensive benchmark for indentifying the most active clean energy investors, project financiers, investment banks, funds, carbon off-takers and law firms. The League Tables are based on hard data, collected and validated by Bloomberg New Energy Finance’s global data team and confirmed by the parties involved, making these tables the only comprehensive, objective and fact-based awards in the sector.

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